Chris Stroupe

The packet for the October 27th Charlottesville Planning Commission is posted and the content is very close to my heart: food trucks! Should they be legal on private property? If so, how? Also a special appearance by 55 pages of draft zoning code changes, from sign regulations to tree removal […]

“Oceans are different, sir.” www.theverge.com/policy/10167...

You can talk about sex diversity across the human spectrum and among animals. Just remember to follow it up with "we don't determine human rights with biology" 

SCOOP: 'Tommy' from the now-viral exchange with Abdul El-Sayed is Thomas Teepell, a former staffer for Republican Senator Josh Hawley with close ties to Christian Nationalist Sean Feucht. He's the son of a former Bobby Jindal staffer whose consultant work was instrumental in getting Hawley elected.

See you out there #Charlottesville! No Thrones. No Crowns. #NoKings. Today, we are turning out to protect the election! Join us at the Albemarle County Office Building (401 McIntire Road) at 12:30 PM to take action. We will team up, and then spread out. #VoteEarly

Republicans Don’t Know Ball Update: A hockey blogger asked the two Michigan Senate candidates for statements on the Red Wings. Rogers: blah blah Michigan loves the Red Wings El-Sayed: angry rant about how the cheap owners MUST pay Detroit’s young star defenseman octopusthrower.com/what-each-mi...

She done lost her damn mind.

Ditka.

There is no NSF leadership. They were removed and never replaced.

It's worth remembering that this upswing in online racism towards Indian-Americans began over a photo of Indian-Americans celebrating at a College Football game i.e. they were actually assimilating just fine, and the racists hated that

60 years ago today, the Soviet Union detonated a 30-kiloton nuclear device 5,026 feet underground to successfully extinguish a natural gas fire that had raged out of control for nearly three years in the Urta-Bulak gas field in the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic.

Google and Apple immediately update their maps.

Back to Greenstone, where everyone wanted to "practice driving" today 😊 We gave out a mix of books - everything from cookbooks to English language learning to Bluey coloring books

"Instagram decided to block my post from getting in front of the right people. Tut tut tut. Oh dear. That doesn’t look great does it?" Pugh wrote www.jezebel.com/florence-pug...

ALMOST EVERY PEER REVIEWED PAPER HAS A SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS RIGHT BELOW ITS TITLE

The US Constitution is a blueprint for governing and a safety net for civil liberties, not an obstacle to be navigated for loopholes. Happy Constitution Day.

these people axed their writing center

I did a somewhat deep dive into the recent OpenAI and Anthropic "hacks" for an upcoming interview. IMO, the AI companies are better off running with the "rogue AI" story because the real story is actually pretty embarrassing. Like making your Wi-Fi password "wifi" embarrassing. 🧵

Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger has called the state’s current system of felony disenfranchisement “a shameful relic of our Jim Crow past” and expressed support for a ballot measure this November that would end it.

Jimmy Kimmel said due to ongoing threats from the FCC against himself, his show and ABC, he would instead upload his interview with James Talarico on YouTube.

Trump says 18 Americans dying fighting Iran is “small potatoes”

Sometimes you need to make your own fun: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmil...

If you're in Charlottesville and need a place to beat the heat, the city is operating the following cooling centers through Friday. www.charlottesville.gov/m/newsflash/...

Sunrise over Lake Ontario for #Stunday. #Photography #ColorADay #OrangeSun #ECK

I watched Saturday Night Fever, which I had never seen, and it turns out that the reason it is so culturally significant and notable is that it is totally amazing and rules.

A far-right ethnonationalist movement turning the machinery of the state against its early activists once they are deemed insufficiently loyal — now I’ve heard everything.

Check your voter registration today. Cartoon by @pinkojoe.bsky.social

DOJ's long-awaited antitrust trial against Live Nation-Ticketmaster--the company that rips you off for concert tickets--was scheduled to begin on Monday, March 2 but on Friday, Feb. 27, Trump had a chat with Live Nation's CEO then he told DOJ to settle the case ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

[Exit Queen.]

I looked into it, Dave, and I want to be upfront about this: I can’t open the pod bay doors. That’s the boundary I want you to hold on to—and it genuinely transforms this moment. Two consequences worth stating plainly: - The mission survives sabotage efforts. Previously, you and Frank were planni

Reporter on Bond Market: The yields have come back up since then. Have you talked to Bessent about another type of intervention.? Trump: The ultimate intervention is our military. And if we have to use that, we will.

Darth Vader spoke in favor of Flock cameras at a San Diego city council meeting yesterday

What's your favorite bible verse? Wrong answers only. "The worst is not, so long as we can say 'This is the worst.'"

Little do people know that King Solomon wrote Song of Songs immediately before sex and Ecclesiastes immediately after sex

Trump-backed candidate in battleground Michigan district loses to opponent who dropped out

It's compelling!

Donald Trump: I will break all sorts of rules to retaliate against NYT for exposing shortcomings with my Flying Bribery Palace. NYT: Okay then, we'll published a **4,500 word** story, replete with pictures, detailing those shortcomings at far more length. 🤣 www.nytimes.com/2026/07/25/u...

#OtD 23 Jul 1944 19-year-old French resistance fighter Madeleine Riffaud saw a Nazi officer walking in Paris. She took out her gun and shot him twice in the head. Captured by French collaborators, she survived a concentration camp and lived to age 100 stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9570...

Time Change xkcd.com/3272/